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Another Perfect Day is Bill Orcutt's first solo electric guitar record since 2017's eponymous Bill Orcutt. While that eight-year gap might not seem like a ton of time on the cosmic scale, it nonetheless represents a busy half-decade plus for Orcutt projects: a raft of ...
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PAL-094 | PALILALIA

ORCUTT, BILL - ANOTHER PERFECT DAY (CD)

Another Perfect Day is Bill Orcutt's first solo electric guitar record since 2017's eponymous Bill Orcutt. While that eight-year gap might not seem like a ton of time on the cosmic scale, it nonetheless represents a busy half-decade plus for Orcutt projects: a raft of ...
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PAL-094 | PALILALIA

TEST DEPT - INDUSTRIAL OVERTURE (4CD)

Industrial Overture, features 4 CDs of early Test Dept live recordings, remasters, the band's two famous Peel Sessions, and other rare cuts. Formed in London in the early 1980s, Test Dept are regarded as one of the pioneering forces of 'industrial music', recognised for ...
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AOF479CD | ARTOFFACT

NURSE WITH WOUND - SHIPWRECK RADIO VOLUME 1 PART ONE (2CD)

"Back in the summer of 2004 Nurse With Wound (Steven Stapleton and Colin Potter) were invited by Kunst I Nordland to visit the Arctic Lofoten Islands for a number of weeks. A small studio was set up in their apartment and their task was to collect sounds from the area ...
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ICR41X | ICR

JARRE, JEAN-MICHEL - DESERTED PALACE (LP)

"Transversales Disques presents the first official LP reissue of "Deserted Palace", studio album written & performed by Jean Michel Jarre in 1972, during his work experience at G.R.M. (Groupe de Recherches Musicales). Audio is fully restored & remastered. In 1971, an ...
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TRS33 | TRANSVERSALES DISQUES

LIGHTMAN - TROMBI (LP)

heavy finnish instrumental organ dub
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ULTRA-064 | ULTRAÄÄNI

FYSIIKKA & KEMIA - BIOLOGIA (LP)

"Rural psych-jazz improvisations by the Finnish bastard sons of Arbete & Fritid." (label info)
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ULTRA-065 | ULTRAÄÄNI

VENETIAN SNARES - WINTER IN THE BELLY OF A SNAKE (CD - USED m-/m-)

ZIQ066CD | PLANET MU

ELEKTRO HAFIZ - STYLE IS PRISON (LP)

"Elektro Hafiz's fourth album, Style is Prison, featuring 10 tracks and numerous collaborations... The concept of Style is Prison brings together a variety of genres and features artists from many cultures. Elektro Hafiz, a multidisciplinary artist, has crafted this ...
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JLA001 | SUPERMALAKA RECORDS

NIRVANA - BLEACH (LP)

Continuing their legacy of reminding people Nirvana had a record before "Nevermind", Sub Pop Records presents a non-deluxe, affordably-priced, single-LP version of "Bleach", Nirvana's debut album. Originally released by SP in June of 1989, "Bleach" was widely recognized ...
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SP34 | SUB POP

DOWER, JEREMY - PERSONAL COMPUTER MUSIC, 1997-2022 (LP)

"Reclusive Melbourne electronic figure Jeremy Dower announces a quarter century-spanning compilation of previously unreleased music, split into halves to showcase his unpronounceable 90s ambient techno project Tetrphnm, as well as the wistful faux-jazz recordings made ...
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CH206LP | CHAPTER MUSIC

VAN KLEEF, RIKE - BILLIGE PLÄTZE: GENDER, MACHT UND DISKRIMINIERUNG IN DER MUSIKBRANCHE (BOOK)

Jedes Jahr pilgern Millionen Menschen auf Festivals, um sich gemeinsam in Eskapismus, Ekstase und einem grenzenlosen Freiheitsgefühl zu verlieren - und natürlich in der Musik. Vorgetragen wird die überwiegend von Männern. Warum ist das so? Allen Erfolgen weiblicher ...
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978-3-95575-239-2 | VENTIL VERLAG

TINE FETZ / DANIEL SCHNEIDER - PLACES: VERGANGENE ORTE DER BERLINER CLUB- UND SUBKULTUR / SITES OF BERLIN'S CLUB AND SUBCULTURE PAST (BOOK)

Clubs und subkulturelle Freiräume prägen Berlin seit Jahrzehnten und machen die Stadt zu einem Sehnsuchtsort für Menschen aus aller Welt. Legendär sind zum Beispiel die Treffpunkte des Punk- und New-Wave-Untergrunds der 1980er Jahre oder die Technoclubs aus den ...
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978-3-95575-246-0 | VENTIL VERLAG

HACKE, ALEXANDER - KRACH - VERZERRTE ERINNERUNGEN (BOOK)

Alexander Hacke ist früh besessen von klassischer Musik, schmeißt dann aber doch lieber die Schule und treibt sich in der Westberliner Untergrundszene zwischen Punks, Hausbesetzer:innen und Lebenskünstler:innen herum. Nach ersten Musikprojekten unter dem Pseudonym ...
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978-3-95575-246-0 | VENTIL VERLAG

GROSSKOPF, HARALD - MONSIEUR SÉQUENCEUR - MEIN LEBEN ALS SCHLAGZEUGER UND ELEKTRONIKMUSIKER (BOOK)

Harald Grosskopf teilte sich zwar 1966 als Schüler bei einem Beat-Festival die Bühne mit dem später als Scorpions-Gitarrist weltberühmt gewordenen Rudolf Schenker, aber sein Lebensweg führte den Drummer und »Elektroniker« anschließend zunächst in die ...
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978-3-95575-234-7 | VENTIL VERLAG

GORGUN, IPEK - EARTHBOUND (CD)

"From 2019 to 2022, Gorgun drafted the record twice, then deleted most of her sketches. By the time she opened a new session, she had gone through an accidental electrocution, a cancer diagnosis, and an allergic collapse that nearly suffocated her. During treatment, ...
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TO:128 | TOUCH

SINGER, CLAIRE M - GLEANN CIUIN (CD)

Organ, cello and electronics performed by Claire M Singer. All tracks written, mixed and produced by Claire M Singer. Additional mixing by Fiona Cruickshank. "Gleann Ciùin is the second album in a trilogy that explores two narratives: my journeys across the vast ...
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TO:129 | TOUCH

ANTOLINI, CHARLY - A SWINGING AFFAIR (LP - USED vg+/vg+)

GETZ / GILBERTO - GETZ / GILBERTO FEATURING ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM (SPEAKERS CORNER) (LP - USED m-/m-)

CARRERAS, JOSE - HOLLYWOOD GOLDEN CLASSICS (LP - USED m-/m-)

RILEY, TERRY - IN C (LP - USED m-/m-)

COATES, GLORIA - MUSIC ON OPEN STRINGS / STRING QUARTETS NOS. 1, 2 & 4 (LP - USED m-/m-)

YELLOW MAGIC ORCHESTRA - XOO MULTIPLIES (LP - USED m-/vg)

SONIC YOUTH - DAYDREAM NATION (2LP - USED m-/vg++)

CORNER, PHILIP - PICTURES OF PICTURES FROM PICTURES OF PICTURES (LP - USED m-/m-)

ORCUTT, BILL - ANOTHER PERFECT DAY (LP)